At the end of the 18th century, the ducal house felt pressure to adapt the appearance of Weimar to its new cultural fame. The tour is intended to show how the Weimar court as well as several wealthy citizens re-designed squares and buildings between 1770 and 1830 for the sake of their own self-portrayal.

Weimar Modernism – The Avant-garde Side of a Classical City

Usually the onset of classical modernism in Germany beginning in 1880 is associated with the culture of metropolitan cities. This tour is to show various facets of »Weimar Modernism«. It leads from innovative landscape painting and pure art nouveau to functional modernism in architecture.

Jupiter and Apollo – The Duke Carl August and the Citizen Goethe

On this tour we will visit several of the most important places where Carl August and Goethe lived and worked, we will touch on their areas of action and will gain insights into the spirit of the time during the decades between late Rococo and early Biedermeier.

The Führer's City? Weimar and National Socialism

»Weimar and Buchenwald«, »Humanitarianism and Barbarism« are important topics of Weimar’s memorial culture. The purpose of this tour is to tell the stories hidden behind the facades. In the process, the rise of National Socialism in Weimar as of 1925 will be mentioned as the history leading up to the NS-regime.

Arcadia und Ilm Athens – Reception of Antiquity in Weimar

The tour leads to architectural and visual art examples of the reception of antiquity in Weimar between the period of Enlightenment and the industrial revolution. We encounter portrayals of muses and gods as well as monuments honouring the authors whose works have become exemplary for the German »Grecian longing« in »Classicism« and »Post-Classicism«.

Franz Liszt – a European in Weimar's »Silver Era«

For a long time, the predominating perception of Weimar as a »Classics City« has led to the fact that most visitors are hardly aware of the city’s second heyday beginning in the mid-19th century – and that this heyday had less to do with literature than with music culture. Our walk begins with Liszt and ends with Liszt. At the same time we will also meet up with different, also famous contemporaries of Liszt’s, and broaden our view to include the cultural atmosphere in Weimar during that time.

Lyrical Me? Goethe reflected in his poetry

On this tour, we will encounter various poems which Goethe wrote during his lifetime. They will help us become acquainted with an illustrious chapter of German literary history, as well as gain an impression of Goethe and those with whom he associated in Weimar.

Grand Poetry in a small Town. Walking through Weimar with Faust

When the 26-year-old Goethe left Frankfurt for Weimar in 1775, he already had an early version of his Faust in his bag, and the fascinating subject occupied him throughout his life. This tour demonstrates how important places in Goethe's Weimar life are linked to the creation, contents and reception of the Faust drama.

Cranach in Weimar. A Life in the 16th Century

During the 16th century, Weimar had belonged to the Saxon Electorate, which also controlled the royal seat of Wittenberg. The link between these two towns, between Cranach and Luther, and the conflict between provincial and cosmopolitan views, orthodoxy and the desire to reform are particularly visible as we follow Cranach’s footsteps on a tour through Weimar.

The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is funded through the German Federal Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs by resolution of the German Bundestag, the Free State of Thuringia and the City of Weimar.

Various activities of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the Thuringian State Chancellery, Department of Culture and Art.